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CHIEF TOWNS AND VILLAGES 151 mansion of the reign of Henry VII. Fowey consists of one very narrow street. The town was created a borough by Elizabeth, returning two members, but was disfranchised in 1832. (pp. 49, 88, 105, 119, 128, 130, 131, 135.) Grampound (491) deserves mention only as having re- turned two members to Parliament before the Reform Bill, and as formerly a borough, (pp. 18, 105.) Helston from Bullock Lane Helston (3088) is a municipal borough, market, and union town, and the resort of all who want to buy or sell in the Lizard district. It was not formed into an ecclesiastical parish till 1 845. A branch of the G.W.R. reaches it. Below the town is the beautiful Loe Pool. The principal streets form a cross, and have a constant flow of water through them. (pp. 8, 104, 135? 137, 139, I43-) Launceston (14,310), the ancient capital, is a municipal borough, market, and union town, and head of a county court